Fixture for rolling-awning frames



May 15, .1928.

c. E. DAVIS ET AL FIXTURE FOR ROLLING AWNING FRAMES Fi-led Sept. 24, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 U. m m T A can be `resorted to which -i'all within the window, and

Patented 'May 15, 1928.

UNITE@ STATES: PAIN-Ijorffict.

CHARLES E. DAVIS AND eEoR-GE'ENGEL,

A y y 0E LIBERAL, KANSAS, 'ASSIGNORSQRN EL. RECT'AND iviESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To E. i.Y Fox, 0E LIBERAL, KANSAS.

FIXTURE 'E oR ROLLING-AwNINGr FRAMES.

Y Application'led vSeptember 24, `1926. Serial No. 137,502.

' This invention relate-s `to rolling awnings, more particularly to a fixture for the frame -of the awning body, and has iorits object.

to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a fixture .for the frame of a rolling awning for releasably securingthe awning inanyA desired angularposition to exclude sun 'or heat and for Ventilating purposes and further whereby the awning can `be adjusted' to and held in verticalr position tolperiiorm the function of -a vertically disposed shade;

Further-f objects kof the invention are toy provide,in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a fixture for a rolling awningy trame, which is simple in its construction and arrangefy ment, strong, durable, compact, thoroughly eflicientI in Aits luse, `conveniently adjusted, readily. installedl withy respect Vto the door ory comparatively inexpensive tor setup.- f i i With the'foregoing andV otherobjects in view, the invention consists ot the novel.` construction, combinationkand arrangement ot parts as hereinafter more specifically de-y scribed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings', wherein Yis shown an embodiment oi theginvention, but itis to be understood: that changes,.variations Vand modilications" bined holding and extension frame foi-the flexible body portion of the awning. Figure 4; is a fragmentary viewyin elevation, of a .modified form.

Figurev 5 is a Section Online -Figure Figure 6 is' a View similar to Figure/l, of

another modified i'orm. i

Figure `7 is a Section online 7-,7 igure 6.

member looking toward-s.. the inner'l'ace thereo'irl employed in connection` withl the forms sh'own inFigures l and 6.` i f v Figure 9 is a detail illustrating a coupling Figure 8 is al detail illustrating alocking i member, looking towards the outer face thereof, employed in connection; lwith -the viorms shown; in Figurr-.xsA 4 and' 6.y

The-awning body whiel'iisireferredV to by." the reference V'character 'l is constructed oif any suitable flexible material', oic the desired length andfwidth,'suchfas rubberized fabric, i

oil treated duck, canvas, leather `'"iiabir'ic., silk, linenp'or 4any other. suitable material. .The awning. bodyA l isassociated with spring controlled roller referred to generally by- 'l thereference character 2 and which normal'- ly maintains the awning bodyl Vl in a rolled .trame therefor. `and which" is referred [to generally by theV reierence' character 3..-The

the' controlling vs'si'ir'ing of the Connected Yto the lower end `of the .awning i bodyl, is a combined holdingand. extension :i 0

t eine comprises fatront bar 4 'and a paii of side'arnis 5, and each-ot the,.latter.isv formed; with a lengthwise extending slot 7 The arms 5 and are 'formed from around vor ilatibaivot suitable material, ypre'lferz'tbly.

metal, and eachot said armsterminate-s its vrforward `end .in` a rearwardly"directed singularly. disposed `portion .'6- loi .the bar. 41.-' so` The bart is cylindrical in crosssection andits diameter is niatei'iallyless than the width" Y of either the arms 5,6. The combinedhold-` ing and extension vframe' isv ottyolzeeshaped contour. Thel awning bodyylat its-outervv end is lapped aroundv the bar :4, `andsec'ured together, wherebythefouter end lot saidv awning body 1L is ixedly Secured? to; `the 'bar *4. and said'awning, body v1 .isJ bodily 'carried i I I o.' p. upyl'position, The awning body 1 ,s wlw: drawn fromthe 1301.161' 2 Vagainsttthe action iyith the frame 3 or the latter is bodily 'car-v portion thereof 'provided "with a Wing' nutv 13, itor the purpose 'of .binding .against Aan arm 5 or G to i'iXedly secure'tlie "traine 8 in its adjusted position.` j

The body of an autoinobileol' the closed type isy intimated rtl4 and l.one of its ,doors j rearwardly therefrom.

ported from the door l5.` at the :rear thereof; The supports 12 extend tbrouglithe sides ofy at 15. llieiixturcs 10 and 111 arfe'secured to thesides 16 of thedoor-.trame and extend rThe roller 2 1s supthe door trame, are countersunl;therein 'and project inWardlyflfrom said sid-es as shown l in Fig-ure 1. .The awning body l,1 and 'tr-ame Saro positioned Within the door iframe-and when the .awning is in v closed position it is; arranged rearwardly with respectto. the vVertically movable transparent panel 17 ot the door. 1 i .f

Thelsetting up ofthe frame Sin the manner as lstated, permits of ,the latterv ,to be body l kwhen the roller 2- is releasefil.A The. trame 3 can also beset toa verteal .position Y i body il will ,be vertically 'disposed .and .perf

shiftedv forifvardly `and rearwardly with respect towthe;door l'and atterbeing shifted will beflocked or rather seouredlin such v:position.` Timeframe Adoa-n bevsetatany angu-kv lar position with respect to the door 1.5; and Whenset automatically u-fnwinds the awning with-respect to the door. v15,VVV as shown. in dotted :lines in Figure. 2. whereby Vtheanw-.111mg form thefunction Gta shade. i l

Figurest and-6 illustratethe combined holding ,and extension frame ofthe adjust`V lable type for dillerent yWidths of awning bodies..v The Vframe inFigu're 4f5 is indicated generallyat 22y and in Figure Z generallyivat Each frame comprises a pairof-oppo sitely disposed L-.shaped Ybars andi .zt-tubular memberx mounted onthe Sbars. Each bar consists of an outer. and a side 'armdisposed at right; angles with respect ,to each other.

The tubular member is -inounted lupon the. outeryarms of the pairf'otbarsmThe Aouter.

ail'moi eaclrbarextends `inwardly from the outer end -of'a side arm.

. VIn."Figure lthefbars arey indicated;gen-` erally at 24, 25, the outerfarms o-itthe ba'rs at 26, 27E and the side arms ottheba'rs at 28,29.

. Thefbars-.can be of any suitableCross` section,

and. as i shown by way. of example; arefeircular. The inner end ofeacvlr-ztrm 28,29'is 4ref. ducedi'as at v30 and which lhas .secured .therewith a stop member 31 of any suitable shrape, and as shownk of globular contour.l i he tubular member is indicated at 32 and into i. which slidably extends the arms 26, 27. The

member 82 is of a length to extend to the points of joind-er between the arms ofthe bars 24, 25. The outer end of the awning body 1 is adapted to beuseeured `:to the -memberk 32.` The side arms 28, 29 are adjustably mounted lin a pair of revoluble locking mem-k bers33 and'each of which Consists of apolyb` ouai shaped disk dike -body 34, formed With rilfn axial-Q er1-ing-,35,,a horizontally disposed opening Stiptooiie side of the latter, an openugf at one sidefof 'fthe opening k35 and which communicates -at its inner end with tlievopening Y'36, ,and Aat its outer end .opens at one side ofthe disk. The; Wall o the .Opening? is threaded. disk .34de toothed or serrated as indicated at 38. The openings r36 of the members :33 50r- .I'espond ineontourv to the shape of thearms sov.

Theinner tace. ot the Y 28, 29 and these latter lareslidably mounted Y in said openings wlierebysaid iarms een .be adjusted forwardly and rearwafrdlyxwithrespeot to the. disks, and further so ,that on .the

revolving movement of the disks thefbars 26k,

25 and member 32 will be carried therewith. The`v outward shitting of tlierbars24sk2'5fis arrested by the stop members. 3l abutting the disks 3,4. vThe arms28, Y29 are retained in yadjusted position by tl1e.,:set lscrews 3,9 Which'threadably engage vwiththe Walls of the 4openings 37 and bind against. the said arms see Figure 5. y

The lockingmembers 33,v are revolubflyl mounted; upona pairof :bolts '40, eaeh carried `bya coupling member 41, ysecured 4byv the, hold tast devicesl 42 to. one of theside/S116..

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of the door or Window frame. The-bolts 4.0v l

haretl-i'eir heads L13:countersunk inl the, innerfaee ofthe memberstl; and each of these latter .onpthe `outer tace :thereof stormed `u-*itlran enlargement 114e which Acorresponds. incontourto'the shape'of a lockingmen'iber 33. The enlargement 44 is serrated or toothed as at 45 to co-act, withthewtootl-ied inner. face oi? the member: .33 yto yprevent the latter ltrom shifting when .it 4is clamped in.`

position by a Clamping nut 46,"ot the Wing The Vform shown in Figure 6, is'thesame as that shown in Figure .vf/l, Witlrthis' enception-'that the side arms of the `holding and extension trame. and the loekingfmemfbers' type, Vwliiehis mounted onVv the bolt 40. adja- -oentthe outer tace ofthe memberf. v

are constructed.ditterently. lIn Figure 6k the tubular member is indicated atei?, :the

L-sliaped bars at 48, 49,.-the .ou-ter arms; of the bars at 50?, 5l, the-side arms of the bars at52, 5,3 andthe-looking members atf54.,

nach rocking meinten stormed :with a wide;

opening 5.6 for `the..passage of a sidewarm,

and such opening iszinterseetedtby the-open;-v `ing 5'71for'the piivot -bolt158r Raehfrlockimg membei` is also formed withl an'opening 59` for the set screw 60. Each side-arm is provided with a lengthwise extending vslot 61 through which extends the pivot bolt 58.

The inner end wall 62, of t-he slot 6() arrests any width window or doorwheie the open-` ing is less than the size of the blind as originally made. This, of course, necessitates cutting ofi the end of the roller opposite the spring and reinserting the clip and center post. Y

It is also obvious that the roller can be installed without the `brackets l0 and 11, as notches or sockets can be cut in the frame ofthe dooror window, one square notch permitting ofjtlie square end of the roller to be pushed inside and a round notch or socket to receive the round end of the roller.

The combined awning and extension frame for the awning body 1 can be adjusted vertically, horizontallyV or angularly and within an arc prescribed from the roller 2 outside of the window or door, to the bottom thereof and inside Vof the door or window from the bottom to the top when the window is open in the car orvdoor, and is so designed to be locked so as to h old the awning body l in any desired position and. by such arrangement it permits the awning body l to be used as a shade, visor, blind,

or curtain and provides a Ventilating device as well as a shade device, not only for protection against sun and weather, but may be constructed of any suitable fabric or material as a sunlight visor and to prevent glare of light. Vlien employing the awning as a sun shade or visor, the roller may be placed inside or outside of the wind shield, with the holding or extension frame so constructed as to permit the shade or visor being extended and lowered any desired length and with such frame connected with the wind shield in anysuitable manner and -locked in adjusted position.

What we claim is:

l. In rolling awnings, a fixture for the awning frame, said fixture comprising a coupling member adapted to be fixedly secured in position, a bolt anchored in said member and extended therefrom, an adjustable locking member mounted on the bolt yext'eg'iorly of the coupling member and further seating in said coupling member, said locking vmember formed with an opening `for the passage of an armofi' the awning frame, j

means carried by `thebolt fordeta'chably clamping Asaid members together, and means carried by the locking member for fixedly f securing thereto. t

2.Iii rolling awnings, a fixture for an awning frame of that type having slotted side arms, said fixture comprising a coupthe -arm of the awning frame lling member adapted to be fixedly secured in position, a bolt anchored in the coupling member and extended therefrom, an adjustable locking member mounted on the bolt exteriorly of the coupling member, said locking for the passage of the slotted arm of' the awning frame and with said opening extending at right angles to and intersected by said bolt and with the bolt positioned to extend through said slotted arm, said members having coacting means interengaging with each other Whenthe locking member is in normal j position and when adjusted, means carried by .said bolt for clamping said members together, and means carried by the locking member for fixedly securing the arm of the awning. frame thereto. l

, 3. In rolling awnings, a fixture for the armof an awning frame, said fixture comprising a coupling member adapted. to be fixedly secured in position,'a lbolt anchored therein and extended therefrom, an adjustable locking member mounted on the bolt exterioily of said couplingmember, said lockingmember' formed with an opening for the passage of' the arm of the awning framel and vextending at right angles to said bolt,

lsaid members vhaving coacting means interengaging with each other when the locking member is in normal position and when adjusted, means carried by the bolt for clamping said members together, and means carried by the locking member for lixedly securing said arm thereto.

4t. In rolling awnings,a fixture for an arm of the awning frame, said fixture comprising a coupling member adaptedv to be fixedly secured in position, a bolt anchored in the coupling member and extended therefrom, an adjustable locking member mounted on the bolt exteriorly of the coupling member, said locking member' formed with an opening for the passage of the arm of the awning frame and extending at right angles to said bolt, means carried bythe bolt and engag-y justing the awning body, said frame being` of yoke-shaped contour vand 4comprising a front bar and a pair of side arms, said front member formed with an opening iirL bar V0i"cylindricl crsssecton'zmdadapted bnr yto :a point rzlosfe ,proximity t0 thelrear for connection with the outer end of the @ndof fthe arm. f v 1 awning body said arms .of rectangular cross In testimony whereof? yWe -nfx 0in-r signzl- 10 section andeach of greater Width than the tures vhreto. u f' f 5 diameter .of the `fronfybzm @ach of Said arms formed with :a Alengthwise slotvextendingn GEORGE ENGEL. r from a point n close proximity tro the front CIFIYARLES DAVIS. 

